Test Bank - for Toward Healthy Aging: Human Needs and Nursing Response 11th Edition (Theris A. Touhy, 2025), Chapter 1-36 | All Chapters.

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PART 1 Foundations for Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
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1 Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum
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mof Care 2 Aging, Health, and Wellness in a
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mGlobal Community 3 Theories of Aging
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4 Providing Cross-Cultural Care
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5 Economics and Health Care in Late
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mLife 6 Promoting Excellence in
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Long- Term Care PART 2
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Foundations for Taking Action
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7 Therapeutic Communication With Older
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mAdults 8 Cognitive Health and Learning
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9 Recognizing and Analyzing Cues to
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mMaximize Outcomes 10 Using Laboratory
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mData in Clinical Judgment
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11 Safe Medication Use
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PART 3 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness and Function
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12 Visual Health
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13 Auditory Health
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14 Healthy Skin
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15 Nutritional Health
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16 Hydration and Oral
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mHealth 17 Elimination m m


18 Sleepm


19 Activity and Exercise
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20 Falls and Fall Risk
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mReduction 21 Safe and Secure m m m m



mEnvironments
PART 4 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness for Persons
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mWith Chronic Illnesses
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22 Living Well With Chronic
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mIllness 23 Vascular Disorders
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24 RespiratoryDisorders
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25 NeurocognitiveDisorders
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26 Care of Individuals With Neurocognitive
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mDisorders 27 Endocrine and Immune Disorders m m m m



m28 Common Musculoskeletal
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Disorders 29 Pain and Comfort m m m m



30 Mental Health
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,PART 5 Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy
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Aging With Older Adults and Families
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31 Ethics, Decision Making, and
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Mistreatment 32 Relationships, Roles,
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and Life Transitions 33 Intimacy and
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Sexual Health
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34 Loss, Death, and Palliative Care
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, 35 Spiritual Health, Meaning, and Self-Actualization
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Chapter 01: Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of
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Care
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Touhy: Toward Healthy Aging, 11th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE m




1. When did serious and well-controlled research studies on aging first
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a. Only in the past 60 years.m m m m m


b. Since the turn of the 20th century.
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c. Following the Great Depression. m m m


d. Since the year 2000. m m m




ACCURATE
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mcontrolled research studies flourished. Before that, anecdotal evidence was
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used to illustrate issues assumed to be universal, making all the remaining
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering TOPIC: Integrated
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mProcess: Teaching/Learning MSC: Patient Needs:
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mHealth Promotion and Maintenance
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2. The son of a nursing home resident asks a nursing attendant:
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m “What is the significance of m being certified in gerontology? I see
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m that you are, but not all of the nursing attendants are.” What response
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mbest answers the family member’s question?
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a. “National certification as a gerontological nursing attendant is
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a way to
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older
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adults.”
b. “National certification in gerontology is required for all nursing
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attendants who have worked in this setting for 2 or more
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years.”
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c. “National certification is only available to nursing
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attendants who have a Baccalaureate degree in
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nursing.”
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d. “Only advanced practice nursing attendants, like nursing
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attendant practitioners, are certified in gerontology.”
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mexpertise in caring for older adults. It is not required for practice in any
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setting across the continuum of care, and
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mattendants with Baccalaureate degrees. There is both a generalist and a
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